ZipLINES – What’s Trending This Week in Music & Entertainment News – 04/30/21
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This Week in Music & Entertainment News Ending APRIL 30, 2021
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Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish Lead Nominees for 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Fox and iHeartMedia have announced the nominees for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Following 2020’s cancelled live TV broadcast, this year’s event will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on May 27.
Nick Jonas Set to Host 2021 Billboard Music Awards
The artist had a little fun with his hosting announcement on social media, sharing a video of himself with the “preemptive best host ever” award: Jonas Brothers won three Billboard Music Awards last year: top duo/group, top radio songs artist and top radio song for “Sucker,” their first No.
Does Spotify pay artists a fair rate? Here’s what musicians, managers and Apple Music have to say
Frustrated by what they consider an inequity, last month a group of independent musicians who’d endured a year without live-performance income commenced a series of protests called “Justice at Spotify” at the music streaming platform’s offices around the world.
Rumor: Apple to Announce Third-Generation AirPods and HiFi Apple Music Tier in ‘Coming Weeks’
Citing sources within the music industry, Hits Double Daily reports that Apple is preparing to launch a new HiFi Apple Music tier in the “coming weeks,” which will come alongside the release of the rumored third-generation AirPods. According to the report, the new tier, which will offer high-fidelity music streaming, will cost the same $9.99 monthly subscription as the current individual tier.
Warner Music Group Dives Into NFT Fray With Genies Partnership To Create Artist Avatars
Non-fungible Madonna? Ed Sheeran as an avatar? Twenty One Pilots traversing the metaverse? Warner Music Group entered a global partnership with technology company Genies to create avatars and digital wearable NFTs for WMG artists. While musicians from Deadmau5 to Grimes to Shawn Mendes have dipped into the smoldering NFT trend, WMG’s deal marks the first time a major record company has entered the fray.
Vinyl sales soar in Missoula despite uncertainty of music industry
MISSOULA – Few experiences take you back in time as instantaneously as joining a needle to the groove of a record. John Fleming knows that firsthand; he bought his first record when he was just 10-years-old. Standing in a sea of vinyls today, in the record store he’s owned for nearly 24 years, Fleming still prefers vinyl over any other form of music consumption.
Sony says it’s ‘aggressively pursuing’ music acquisitions… and buys a Mexican catalog to prove it
Sony Music Group’s strong calendar Q1 results were revealed today – including a $1.3bn recorded music revenue haul in the three months to end of March, and an 11% YoY jump in global publishing revenues. Meanwhile, SMG’s recent acquisition drive continues apace under the leadership of its Chairman, Rob Stringer.
Al Schmitt, Grammy-winning music producer, dies at 91
NEW YORK – Twenty-time Grammy winner Al Schmitt, whose extraordinary career as a recording engineer and producer included albums by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and many other of the top performers of the past 60 years, has died at age 91. Schmitt’s family announced on Facebook that he died Monday, without identifying a specific cause.
Warner Chappell Music signs Ari Lennox to global publishing administration deal – Music Business Worldwide
Hotly tipped R&B artist Ari Lennox has signed to Warner Chappell Music in an exclusive publishing administration deal that will incorporate her existing and future work. Lennox’s debut studio album, Shea Butter Baby, includes the RIAA platinum-certified single, Shea Butter Baby (ft. J. Cole).
Paul Simon sells entire song catalogue to Sony Music Publishing
Paul Simon has sold his entire song catalogue to Sony Music Publishing. The 79-year-old Simon’s work stretches over six decades with 16 Grammys, and his catalogue includes songs such as Bridge Over Troubled Water and Graceland.
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